[IC] Deals with Death (RomanAria and IronFrost)

[RomanAria]

Maria giggled as he brushed the flour off of her. The again as the god seemed to know exactly what she was planning on and she found a tomato in front of her before she could even ask him to toss her one. "Are you using telepathy on me?" she asked, only half joking.

[IronFrost]

"I have been doing this for thousand years I know which each things ate needed" teased smiling as he streached his wings as he worked on cooking.

[RomanAria]

Maria giggled, blushing scarlet. "So. Gods with instagram and facebook and twitter. I'd call it blasphemy if I didn't see it myself. Oh, dear. DO you have snapchat and pinterest, too?" She was rather amused by the idea of following the gods and goddesses on snapchat or on pinterest. She'd always be in the height of fashion then, at least, copying whatever she would see on Aphrodite's pinterest boards. Which were probably enormous... She giggled at the thought.

[IronFrost]

He laughed and nodded "yes I do" muses gently looking at him and then stretched eyes closed and cuts and made baked good up in a fire stove smiling. HGis hound helping out even as it made mash papatoes

[RomanAria]

Maria gawked at the hound mashing potatoes. "How..." She muttered. Louder, she said, "That's one very well-trained dog you have." She was stirring three different pots with each hand, and still managing to chop onions between them.

[IronFrost]

"He learns easily" thanantos laughed as he allowed the hound to make the mash ppaatoes and smiles gently eyes closed gently and said. "well now if you could take over I need to start decorating" he smiles gently as his wings came out flying into the attic

[RomanAria]

Maria laughed, juggling tomatoes. "If the hound helps me we'll be done before bedtime! With all of it, not just what I'd had planned for today! I can probably even help you decorate after we're done!"

[IronFrost]

The god nodded as he started off to do some decorating the house. The massive white hound helped the demigod cook as thanatos made the place lively

[IronFrost]

Everything was done everything was cooked and house was done but thanatos had No breaks as he got word of someone dying and sighed gently before saying "I'll be back later I am off to get souls" his massivevwings opened

[RomanAria]

Maria sighed. Every inch of her was covered in flour or powdered sugar or frosting or something. And she couldn't be surprised, honestly, having made a hundred different dishes and several dozen condiments like jams and jellies. "Have fun. I'm going to go take a shower and get some of the honey out of my hair." There had been a fiasco, the honey jar having fallen off of a shelf and spilled onto the top of her head and down her back.
She quickly showered, scrubbing her skin until it was crimson to get the honey off of her. Then she realized she'd not bothered to check for a change of clothes, but as soon as she thought it she noticed a neatly-folded tunic on the bed. Smiling, she held it up. Midnight blue with silver trim, with a silver rope belt to tie it. Sure, it was, oh... Two thousand years out of fashion. But it was comfortable, and rather beautiful, in a very roman-esque way.
She picked up the lyre that Thanatos had given her, strumming a few notes on it carefully. Straining her ears to hear and double-check that he wasn't back yet, for surely her singing would annoy him.
It had been... A long time. Since she'd had a chance to play. Since her sisters' death. Before that, actually. She'd played once in the mess hall at Camp Jupiter the previous summer, and practiced incessantly there. But Reyna wouldn't let her take a lyre home with her for the winter.
She sighed. Her fingers pulled on the strings, lightly, and she softly began to sing, about the founding of Rome, from somewhere in the middle of the Aeneid. She'd read it once for History class at Camp Jupiter, and she'd always wanted to try to set it to music. And it went easily, bending to her will. She smiled, utterly lost in the music.

[IronFrost]

When thanatos came back two hours later he had a whole group of souls fallowing him back two younger souls clung to his back happily. He let them off in line and made sure they were ok and flew to his house blinking hearing music and chuckled.

He came in and stretched happily "you have a very good talent for singing and playing" he said as his hound blowed him over and licked his face covering it with slober,frosting, flour and batter from cake. The god laughed and slowly pushed the dog off.

[RomanAria]

Maria jumped. She nearly dropped the lyre. She'd not heard Thanatos coming in until he was right in the doorway of her room. She blushed at his comment, mumbling about how she'd inherited her musical skills from her grandfather. Rather than meet the god's eyes she fussed with the tuning knobs on the lyre, blushing crimson because she was so embarrassed at being caught having fun.

[IronFrost]

The god smiles and said "maybe play that at the festival" he muses as hr needed to wash up excusing himself he went yo his room to take a shower

[RomanAria]

Maria giggles. Keeps strumming the lyre. Then her fingers shift and the music is sadder, and tears spring to her eyes. The song she'd written for Anna and Liza's funeral, before she realized she could go make a bargain. She bites her lip to keep from all-out sobbing and puts the lyre down, suddenly exhausted and hungry. She goes to the kitchen and snags an apple, munching on it while she surveys the tons of food she'd cooked. All perfect, from the salads to the fish to the beef to the desserts. Despite herself she smiles at the accomplishment.
The hound came up and butted her chest with it's head. "And you helped too, pretty puppy. You're a really good cook." She had been concerned about dog fur getting in the food, but apparently the hound didn't shed either.

[IronFrost]

The god came back warring black jeans and golden red shirt with frills. He sat down with a huff laughing as the hound trotted over and Nuzzled him and he pets the hounds head. He thinks about drinks and cocktails. He sighed as he would he handling bar and entertainment for the party

[RomanAria]

Maria raised one eyebrow at the shirt, but forced her mind to ignore it and think of other things. "Just how many guests are there going to be at this party?" she asked.

[IronFrost]

"well all the spritis shall be at tending. Hades, persephone......My brother, mother and father as well as cerberus and the Hellhounds" he smiles gently shaking his head trying to not think about it. The last thing he wanted to do was give a drink to his father.

[RomanAria]

Maria raises both eyebrows. "Wow. That's... A lot. Oooh. Are presents allowed?" She'd heard tales of what Annabeth Chase had done for Cerberus, given him a bouncy ball, and she wanted to do the same. It would take some work, but she'd probably be able to make one that could stand up to his teeth, at least for a few minutes.

[IronFrost]

"I guess, the souls often bring offers to make Hades and me happy, cerberus often gets a biant dino bone, you should see him with that bone he will work on it for days " he chuckled shaking his head and then sighed gently "Well I guess I got to finish up my work before tommrow eh ?" he chuckled
(Want to skip till the Festival?)

[RomanAria]

The morning of the festival dawns brilliantly, or at least, it was beautiful in the mortal realms. Maria rolls out of bed sleepily, blinking at her alarm clock. Then she realizes what day it is and giggles happily, slapping the alarm clock and all but dancing around the room getting ready. In the closet she discovers a dress, similar in style to the roman gowns she's been wearing, but embroidered with beautiful golden threads and adorned with sapphires. She blinks twice to double check what she's already seen, that the patterns are moving, shifting subtly.
She dresses quickly, brushing out her long hair and braiding it in a waterfall style, adorning it with some gold star clips that she'd found in the dresser. She brushes on a bit of makeup; foundation, gold eyeshadow, and mascara. She rolls her eyes as a bracelet, a necklace, and earrings appear on the dresser when they hadn't been there seconds before, but puts them on, along with a pair of gold Roman-style sandals that appears by her door. She picks up her lyre, tucking it under her arm, along with the baskets of party favors she'd made, with trinkets from all three Fields: Bracelets woven from Asphodel grass, with charms of volcanic glass from Punishment and bits of abalone from Elysium. She also picks up the massive ragdoll plushy she'd made for Cerberus, expecting to need to bribe him to escape the festival with her life. Grinning at the sheer quantities of stuff she's carrying, she steps out into the hallway to meet Thanatos. "This is so exciting!" she giggles.